$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  115 of 1,869

118th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $8,200
119th:  Nicholas Shanks  –  $8,200
120th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $8,200
121st:  Trace Henderson  –  $8,200
122nd:  Roberly Felicio  –  $8,200
123rd:  Aram Oganyan  –  $8,200
124th:  Austin Rowan  –  $8,200
125th:  Bradley Butcher  –  $8,200
126th:  Daniel Aviles  –  $8,200
127th:  Blake Bohn  –  $8,200
128th:  Al Riccobono  –  $8,200
129th:  Chad Roedersheimer  –  $8,200
130th:  Mykhailo Lendel  –  $8,200
131st:  Albert Calderon  –  $8,200
132nd:  Ryan Gianquitti  –  $8,200
133rd:  Connor Rash  –  $8,200
134th:  T.K. Miles  –  $8,200
135th:  Min Zhang  –  $8,200
136th:  Harvey Vandeven  –  $8,200
137th:  Ray Qartomy  –  $8,200
138th:  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  $8,200
139th:  Gil Morgensztern  –  $8,200
140th:  Manuel Fritz  –  $8,200
141st:  Raminder Singh  –  $8,200
142nd:  Nicholas Verderamo  –  $8,200
143rd:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  $8,200
144th:  Corey Hochman  –  $8,200
145th:  Jean LeBlond  –  $8,200
146th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $8,200
147th:  Bedda Nakhoul  –  $8,200
148th:  Scott Margereson  –  $8,200
149th:  Jeremiah Wheeler  –  $8,200
150th:  David Jackson  –  $8,200

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  115 of 1,869

Two-time WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts champion Brian Altman raised all in for about 150,000 from under the gun and Denis Cyr called in middle position with , leading Altman’s .

The board ran out , no help to Altman, locking up pot for Cyr.

Denis Cyr  –  1,900,000  (95 bb)
Brian Altman  –  Eliminated in 116th Place  ($9,600)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  127 of 1,869

Albert Riccobono was all in short with in the hole from middle position, and Fred Goldberg had him covered holding pocket sevens.

The final board read , and Riccobono was eliminated in 128th place for a payday worth $8,200. Goldberg stacked up 265,000 after collecting the pot.

Fred Goldberg 365,000 (18 bb)
Albert Riccobono – Eliminated in 128th Place ($8,200)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  130 of 1,869

Scott Baumstein raised to 40,000 from the hijack, Josh Reichard called in the cutoff, and the player in the big blind called.

The flop came and action checked to Reichard who bet 40,000. The big blind called, Baumstein check-raised to 115,000, Reichard called, and the big blind folded.

The turn was the , Baumstein bet 95,000, and Reichard called.

The river was the , Baumstein bet 270,000 (leaving 5,000 behind), and Reichard called.

Baumstein tabled for queens full of eights, Reichard mucked, and Baumstein won the pot to basically double up through the chip lead.

Scott Baumstein  – 1,150,000  (58 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  2,820,000  (141 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  142 of 1,869

Michael Newman held pocket aces and Nicholas Verderamo was all in with pocket queens in the hole preflop.

The final board read , and Verderamo busted in 143rd place for a payday worth $8,200. Newman stacked up 1,685,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Newman – 1,685,000 (112 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo – Eliminated in 143rd Place ($8,200)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  150 of 1,869

151st:  John Krpan  –  $7,000
152nd:  Cody Rich  –  $7,000
153rd:  Michael Graffeo  –  $7,000
154th:  Rogen Chhabra  –  $7,000
155th:  John Gorsuch  –  $7,000
156th:  Spencer Simpson  –  $7,000
157th:  Han Ming Feng  –  $7,000
158th:  Joel Deutsch  –  $7,000
159th:  Benjamin Christiansen  –  $7,000
160th:  Alexander Kimpel  –  $7,000
161st:  Maxwell Young  –  $7,000
162nd:  Fawaz Siddiqui  –  $7,000
163rd:  Edgar Varas  –  $7,000
164th:  Stewart Newman  –  $7,000
165th:  Guillermo Hamilton  –  $7,000
166th:  Vincent Cafone  –  $7,000
167th:  Ya Yun Liu  –  $7,000
168th:  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  $7,000
169th:  Balakrishna Patur  –  $7,000
170th:  John Richards  –  $7,000
171st:  Chang Huang  –  $7,000
172nd:  Martins Adeniya  –  $7,000
173rd:  Jacob Vaage  –  $7,000
174th:  Blaise Ingoglia  –  $7,000
175th:  Brock Wilson  –  $7,000
176th:  Millard Hale  –  $7,000
177th:  Jorge Confesor  –  $7,000
178th:  Viet Vo  –  $7,000
179th:  Robert Hover  –  $7,000
180th:  Pablo Valdivieso  –  $7,000
181st:  Kenneth O’Donnell  –  $7,000
182nd:  Rami Owera  –  $7,000
183rd:  Blake Napierala  –  $7,000
184th:  Graham Mathews  –  $7,000
185th:  Scott Weinstein  –  $7,000
186th:  Nicholas Davidson  –  $7,000
187th:  Eric Panayiotou  –  $7,000

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  145 of 1,869

Cody Rich was all in with pocket sevens preflop, and Matt Waxman had him covered holding . The final board read , and Rich was eliminated in 152nd place for a payday worth $7,000. Waxman stacked up 1.8 million after collecting the pot.

Matt Waxman – 1,800,000 (120 bb)
Cody Rich – Eliminated in 152nd Place ($7,000)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  166 of 1,869

Here are the chip leaders from the last break of Day 2:

1.  Josh Reichard  –  2,880,000  (192 bb)
2.  Michael Rocco  –  2,035,000  (136 bb)
3.  Matt Higgins  –  1,535,000  (102 bb)
4.  Kaleb Harwell  –  1,420,000  (95 bb)
5.  Dominick Sarle  –  1,400,000  (94 bb)
6.  Josh Arieh  –  1,295,000  (86 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  175 of 1,869

Curt Kohlberg was all in with from late position for about 150,000, and UTG+1 had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Kohlberg doubled up to survive with 320,000 after collecting the pot thanks to a Broadway straight.

Curt Kohlberg – 320,000 (26 bb)

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,980,800  | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  187 of 1,869

188th:  Myles German  –  $6,400
189th:  Michael McCray  –  $6,400
190th:  Jose Nadal  –  $6,400
191st:  Keven Stammen  –  $6,400
192nd:  Damien Simon  –  $6,400
193rd:  Sean Phillippi  –  $6,400
194th:  Alejandro Sanchez  –  $6,400
195th:  Giuliano Lentini  –  $6,400
196th:  Anna Antimony  –  $6,400
197th:  Art Peacock  –  $6,400
198th:  Robert Rini  –  $6,400
199th:  Reuven Shapiro  –  $6,400
200th:  Franklin Rojas  –  $6,400
201st:  Ted Lawson  –  $6,400
202nd:  Alexander Ziskin  –  $6,400
203rd:  Gregory Wilson  –  $6,400
204th:  Prasad Vemulapalli  –  $6,400
205th:  Will Failla  –  $6,400
206th:  Gary Hays  –  $6,400
207th:  Zachary Fischer  –  $6,400
208th:  Eric Baldwin  –  $6,400
209th:  Matthew Kuba  –  $6,400
210th:  Daniel Umana  –  $6,400
211th:  Jason Turck  –  $6,400
212th:  Garret Reisz  –  $6,400
213th:  Boris Shakhmurov  –  $6,400
214th:  Mateusz Sikorski  –  $6,400
215th:  Kee Fredkove  –  $6,400
216th:  Matt Stout  –  $6,400
217th:  David Ha  –  $6,400
218th:  Joseph Jean  –  $6,400
219th:  Luigi Santoro  –  $6,400
221st:  Michele Lawson  –  $6,400
222nd:  Filipp Khavin  –  $6,400
223rd:  Gary Gelman  –  $6,400
224th:  Max Kingstone  –  $6,400
225th:  Javier Zarco  –  $6,400
226th:  Sebastian De Narvaez Correa  –  $6,400
227th:  Mark Sullivan  –  $6,400
228th:  George Rakitzis  –  $6,400
229th:  Kenneth Christopher  –  $6,400
230th:  Soheb Porbandarwala  –  $6,400
231st:  Mike Finstein  –  $6,400
232nd:  Michael Amato  –  $6,400
233rd:  John Dolan  –  $6,400
234th:  Conrad De Armas  –  $6,400